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215dd471 RM |
1 | New in 1.99: |
2 | ||
61c874c5 CW |
3 | * Keyboard layouts support. |
4 | ||
5 | * New `lsapm' command (i386-pc only). | |
6 | ||
7 | * Parser for GRUB Legacy configuration files. | |
8 | ||
9 | * Support RAID on virtio devices. | |
10 | ||
11 | * Remove deprecated `root' command. | |
12 | ||
13 | * New `euro.pf2' font which supports most European languages. | |
14 | ||
15 | * Avoid opening the same device twice on Open Firmware platforms. | |
16 | ||
17 | * Extend `vbeinfo' and `vbetest' commands to non-VBE graphics, as | |
18 | `videoinfo' and `videotest'. | |
19 | ||
40901acd | 20 | * New `lsefisystab', `lssal', and `lsefimmap' commands on EFI platforms. |
61c874c5 CW |
21 | |
22 | * Support explicit user claim that a device is BIOS-visible. Devices | |
23 | listed in device.map will be assumed to be readable using only BIOS | |
24 | facilities, rather than anything more complex such as LVM or RAID. | |
25 | ||
26 | * New bash-completion script for GRUB utilities. | |
27 | ||
28 | * Use ACPI to shut down if possible. | |
29 | ||
30 | * New `lsacpi' command. | |
31 | ||
ec9f5e0d | 32 | * Btrfs support. |
61c874c5 CW |
33 | |
34 | * New `--boot-directory' option to `grub-install', `grub-reboot', and | |
35 | `grub-set-default', with clearer semantics than the previous | |
36 | `--root-directory' option. | |
37 | ||
38 | * Rename CD-ROM device to "cd" on BIOS platforms. | |
39 | ||
40 | * Transparent decompression filters. | |
41 | ||
42 | * Simpler PXE image generation. New `grub-mknetdir' utility to generate | |
43 | netboot directory trees. | |
44 | ||
f9cefc4e CW |
45 | * New relocator. Allows for more kernel support and more |
46 | straightforward loader writing. | |
47 | ||
48 | * Handle USB pendrives exposed as floppies. | |
49 | ||
50 | * New Automake-based build system. | |
51 | ||
52 | * Add `sendkey' command (i386-pc only). | |
53 | ||
a94a6671 | 54 | * ZFS support. |
215dd471 | 55 | |
f9cefc4e CW |
56 | * Support 1.x versions of mdadm metadata. |
57 | ||
58 | * Fix corruption when reading Reiserfs directory entries. | |
59 | ||
60 | * Bidirectional text and diacritics support. | |
61 | ||
62 | * Skip LVM snapshots. | |
63 | ||
64 | * MIPS Yeeloong firmware port. | |
65 | ||
66 | * Change grub-mkdevicemap to emit /dev/disk/by-id/ names where possible | |
67 | on GNU/Linux. | |
68 | ||
69 | * Add `grub-mkconfig' support for Xen with Linux. | |
70 | ||
71 | * Add `grub-mkconfig' support for initrd images on Fedora 13. | |
72 | ||
73 | * Support >3GiB and <16MiB RAM in i386-qemu. | |
74 | ||
75 | * Add support for Cirrus 5446 and Bochs video cards. | |
76 | ||
77 | * Load more appropriate video drivers automatically in `grub-mkconfig'. | |
78 | ||
79 | * USB improvements, including hotplugging/hotunplugging, hub support, | |
80 | and USB serial support. | |
81 | ||
82 | * AMD Geode CS5536 support. | |
83 | ||
84 | * Extensive updates to the Texinfo documentation. | |
85 | ||
f9cefc4e CW |
86 | * Handle symbolic links under /dev/mapper on GNU/Linux. |
87 | ||
88 | * Handle installation across multiple partition table types. | |
89 | ||
90 | * Add `cmostest' command (i386/x86_64 only). | |
91 | ||
92 | * Add support for DM-RAID disk devices on GNU/Linux. | |
93 | ||
94 | * Remove `grub-mkisofs'. `grub-mkrescue' now uses GNU xorriso to build | |
95 | CD images. | |
96 | ||
97 | * `grub-mkrescue' support for EFI, coreboot, and QEMU platforms. | |
98 | ||
61c874c5 CW |
99 | * Unify `grub-mkimage', `grub-setup', and `grub-install' source code |
100 | across platforms. | |
f9cefc4e CW |
101 | |
102 | * Fix VGA (as opposed to VBE) video driver, formerly a terminal driver. | |
103 | ||
104 | * Add menu hotkey support. | |
105 | ||
106 | * Add support for the nilfs2 filesystem. | |
107 | ||
108 | * `grub-probe' and `grub-mkconfig' support for NetBSD. | |
109 | ||
110 | * Support setting a background image in `grub-mkconfig'. | |
111 | ||
112 | * Support multiple terminals in `grub-mkconfig'. | |
113 | ||
114 | * Regexp support. | |
115 | ||
116 | * MIPS multiboot2 support. | |
117 | ||
118 | * Multiboot2 tag support. | |
119 | ||
120 | * sunpc partition table support. | |
121 | ||
122 | * Add a number of new language features to GRUB script: `for', `while', | |
61c874c5 CW |
123 | `until', `elif', function parameters, `break', `continue', `shift', |
124 | multi-line quoted strings, positional parameters with `setparams', | |
125 | `return', filename wildcard expansion, and `!'. | |
f9cefc4e CW |
126 | |
127 | * Support nested partition tables. GRUB now prefers to name partitions | |
128 | in the form `(hd0,msdos1,bsd1)' rather than `(hd0,1,a)'. | |
129 | ||
130 | * Speed up consecutive hostdisk operations on the same device. | |
131 | ||
132 | * Compile parts of `grub-emu' as modules. | |
133 | ||
fce5d8ff | 134 | New in 1.98 - 2010-03-06: |
1fbc5e66 | 135 | |
fcee14ed VS |
136 | * Multiboot on EFI support. |
137 | ||
c98d2a13 CW |
138 | * Graphical menu support. |
139 | ||
140 | * MIPS support. | |
141 | ||
142 | * Saved default menu entry support, with new utilities `grub-reboot' and | |
143 | `grub-set-default'. | |
144 | ||
145 | * Unit testing framework. | |
146 | ||
147 | * Support for multiple terminals. | |
148 | ||
149 | * Encrypted password support, with a new utility `grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2'. | |
150 | ||
151 | * `grub-mkfloppy' removed; use `grub-mkrescue' to create floppy images. | |
152 | ||
7922f68b RM |
153 | * Add grub-probe support for GNU/Hurd. |
154 | ||
3db5183c CPE |
155 | * Add support for gettext. |
156 | ||
537ce47f RM |
157 | New in 1.97: |
158 | ||
d2b6b7fc | 159 | * Add support for loading XNU (MacOS X kernel). |
421bd7ac | 160 | |
161 | * ACPI override support. | |
162 | ||
163 | * Integrated gptsync. | |
164 | ||
165 | * Password protection support. | |
166 | ||
167 | * Partition manipulation tool. | |
168 | ||
70ba68ce | 169 | * Add `keystatus' command. |
170 | ||
171 | * Unicode fonts are now used by default. | |
172 | ||
fd8c967c | 173 | * Add `hdparm' command. |
174 | ||
175 | * Add support for getting the current date and time from CMOS as variables. | |
176 | ||
177 | * Add `drivemap' command. | |
178 | ||
179 | * Add support for RAID levels 4,6 and 10. | |
180 | ||
d2b6b7fc | 181 | * update-grub is replaced by grub-mkconfig. |
6d994591 | 182 | |
1fbc5e66 | 183 | * When booting from PXE, PXE can be used to load files. |
184 | ||
185 | * High resolution timer support. | |
186 | ||
187 | * Image loaders now support IO buffering. | |
188 | ||
189 | * Add `crc' command. | |
190 | ||
54d83746 | 191 | * Add Cygwin support. |
192 | ||
1fbc5e66 | 193 | * Add x86_64 EFI support. |
194 | ||
5680109e | 195 | * Use LZMA compression instead of LZO. |
1fbc5e66 | 196 | |
197 | * Support for saving the environment from and loading the environment | |
198 | from a file. | |
199 | ||
200 | * Allow the UUID to be used as device name. | |
201 | ||
202 | * The `search' command can use UUIDs now. | |
203 | ||
204 | * Add support for IEEE 1275 on i386. | |
205 | ||
206 | * Create partmap.lst and use it to automatically load partition map | |
207 | modules. | |
208 | ||
6d994591 | 209 | * grub-mkconfig supports os-prober to add operating systems to the |
54d83746 | 210 | boot menu. |
1fbc5e66 | 211 | |
d2b6b7fc | 212 | * The ATA driver supports devices bigger than 2 TiB. |
1fbc5e66 | 213 | |
2fc96ba3 | 214 | * Add support for the UDF, AFS and EXT4 filesystems. |
1fbc5e66 | 215 | |
2fc96ba3 | 216 | * The ISO9660 filesystem supports the Joliet extension |
1fbc5e66 | 217 | |
d2b6b7fc | 218 | * Add support for loading kernels of FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. |
1fbc5e66 | 219 | |
220 | * Add new command `sleep'. | |
221 | ||
222 | * Support for direct access to AT keyboards. | |
223 | ||
224 | * New utility `grub-fstest'. | |
225 | ||
f2a76e1d | 226 | New in 1.96 - 2008-02-03: |
5a79f472 | 227 | |
228 | * The license term is changed to GNU General Public License Version 3. | |
229 | ||
352466bf | 230 | * grub-emu is made optional. Now you have to use |
231 | `--enable-grub-emu' to enable it. | |
232 | ||
233 | * Add Multiboot2 support. | |
234 | ||
235 | * grub-emu can access the host filesystem now. | |
236 | ||
2216b101 | 237 | * Add support for the NTFS, cpio/tar and Reiserfs filesystems. |
352466bf | 238 | |
e911ecc1 | 239 | * Add support for ATA/ATAPI. |
240 | ||
2216b101 | 241 | * Add update-grub script to generate grub.cfg. |
242 | ||
243 | * Add grub-mkrescue script to generate floppy or ElTorito images | |
244 | (i386-pc only). | |
245 | ||
246 | * Add support for background images in gfxterm (background_image command). | |
247 | ||
248 | * Add support for detection of 64-bit support in CPU (cpuid command). | |
249 | ||
250 | * GPT is now enabled in i386-pc target. | |
251 | ||
252 | * Add grub-install for EFI. | |
253 | ||
254 | * Ported to the following new platforms: Efika, coreboot (a.k.a. LinuxBIOS), | |
255 | OLPC XO. | |
256 | ||
257 | * Add support for colored menu (menu_color_normal and menu_color_highlight | |
258 | variables). | |
259 | ||
260 | * Fix support for loading Linux zImages (such as memtest86). | |
261 | ||
5d74d927 | 262 | New in 1.95 - 2006-10-15: |
deae281b | 263 | |
264 | * Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first | |
265 | partition of "hd0" is now "hd0,1" but not "hd0,0". | |
266 | ||
df247e5e | 267 | * grub-probefs is renamed to grub-probe, and supports printing a |
268 | guessed OS device name and a GRUB drive name. | |
269 | ||
270 | * RAID and LVM support is added. | |
271 | ||
272 | * New command, echo. | |
273 | ||
274 | * The disk API is changed to support 64-bit addressing. | |
275 | ||
276 | * A TGA loader is added for the video API. | |
277 | ||
53af98ad | 278 | New in 1.94 - 2006-06-04: |
118f4fb3 | 279 | |
280 | * Fix several serious bugs in HFS+. | |
281 | ||
282 | * Add experimental EFI support. Chainloading and Linux loading are | |
283 | supported at the moment. | |
284 | ||
285 | * Add a new command "blocklist" to show a block list. | |
286 | ||
287 | * Use --with-platform to specify a boot environment. For now, efi, | |
288 | ieee1275 and pc are supported. | |
289 | ||
290 | * Use the filename "kernel.elf" instead of "grubof" on ieee1275. | |
291 | ||
292 | * Install GRUB into pkglibdir instead of pkgdatadir. | |
293 | ||
294 | * Support environmental variables. You can export variables by the | |
295 | command "export". | |
296 | ||
297 | * Remove the commands "default" and "timeout". They are now variables. | |
298 | ||
299 | * Add the commands "source" and "." to include a file. | |
300 | ||
301 | * Implement experimental Video API and a new terminal "gfxterm" based | |
302 | on the Video API. | |
303 | ||
304 | ||
5f97350b | 305 | New in 1.93 - 2006-03-10: |
306 | ||
307 | * Add support for the HFS+ wrapper. | |
308 | ||
309 | * Major improvements to scripting support. | |
310 | ||
311 | * Menu entries are now scriptable. | |
312 | ||
c9a86192 | 313 | |
3bbfa267 | 314 | New in 1.92 - 2005-12-25: |
315 | ||
316 | * Add support for GPT partition table format. | |
317 | ||
318 | * Add a new command "play" to play an audio file on PC. | |
319 | ||
320 | * Add support for Linux/ADFS partition table format. | |
321 | ||
322 | * Add support for BASH-like scripting. | |
323 | ||
50214199 | 324 | * Add support for Apple HFS+ filesystems. |
3bbfa267 | 325 | |
b5179ea0 | 326 | |
4801580b | 327 | New in 1.91 - 2005-10-15: |
4ac9bd04 | 328 | |
329 | * Add support for LZO version 2. | |
330 | ||
992ffbbe | 331 | * Support completion in the entry editor. |
332 | ||
333 | * Add VBE support. | |
334 | ||
6a85ce79 | 335 | * New commands, "search", "vbetest" and "vbeinfo". |
336 | ||
16ccb8b1 | 337 | * The option BOOT_IMAGE is passed to Linux. |
338 | ||
d9864ee1 | 339 | * Add support for automatic decompression for gzip. |
340 | ||
5d7396f5 | 341 | * Add support for terminfo and serial. |
342 | ||
5c177389 | 343 | * Add support for x86_64. |
344 | ||
345 | * GRUB itself is a Multiboot-compliant kernel. | |
346 | ||
347 | * Add new filesystems: XFS, SFS, and AFFS. | |
348 | ||
992ffbbe | 349 | |
4ac9bd04 | 350 | New in 1.90 - 2005-08-07: |
4b13b216 | 351 | |
352 | * Rename the project name PUPA to GRUB. Now this version is the | |
353 | developmental version of GRUB officially. | |
354 | ||
355 | * The GRUB emulator ``grub-emu'' is added. | |
356 | ||
357 | * Add support for newworld Mac. This should work with other | |
358 | PowerPC-based machines as well, if they use IEEE 1275 | |
359 | (Open Firmware). | |
360 | ||
0e143073 | 361 | * Too many changes to describe. Look at ChangeLog for more details. |
362 | ||
4b13b216 | 363 | |
9962ed99 | 364 | New in 0.7: |
365 | ||
366 | * Problems in cross-compiling PUPA are fixed. | |
367 | ||
62ddcc8f | 368 | * Use -mrtd and -mregparm=3 to reduce the generated code sizes. This |
369 | means that any missing prototypes could be fatal. Also, you must take | |
370 | care when writing assembly code. See the comments at the beginning of | |
371 | startup.S, for more details. | |
372 | ||
012d7999 | 373 | * New utility, ``pupa-setup''. This sets up PUPA to make it bootable |
374 | from a real disk. | |
375 | ||
a5ffe966 | 376 | * New commands, "prefix", "insmod", "rmmod" and "lsmod" are added into |
377 | the rescue mode to manipulate PUPA modules. | |
378 | ||
c04da074 | 379 | * Linux support is added. Initrd is not support yet. |
380 | ||
1f5ab428 | 381 | * Reduce the size of a core image significantly by compressing a large |
382 | part of the core image and decompressing itself at boot time. The | |
383 | currently used algorithm is LZO (more precisely, LZO1X-999). So you | |
384 | have to install LZO to build PUPA. See | |
385 | <http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/>, for more information. | |
386 | ||
a5ffe966 | 387 | |
6a161fa9 | 388 | New in 0.6 - 2002-12-27, Yoshinori K. Okuji: |
389 | ||
390 | * The chainloader and the FAT filesystem are modularized. | |
391 | ||
392 | * The structure of the source tree is a bit changed. | |
393 | ||
394 | * Support for building loadable modules is added. | |
395 | ||
396 | * Some generic parts of pupa-mkimage are segregated. | |
397 | ||
398 | * Some documentation files are added, according to the GNU Coding | |
399 | Standards. |